First Outer World Story Series: The Black Mist that Devours - Chapter 37
Translator: MadHatter Editor: MadHatter
This time, there are a lot of cruel and sexual scenes, so if you are uncomfortable with them, you may want to be warned.
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(Ryo POV)
“…Tsk! This has happened to me before too.”
When I awoke, I found myself in a room in a building somewhere. Both of my arms were handcuffed with tags that I assumed to have the effect of sealing her skills.
“Even so, I was caught off guard. I didn’t anticipate that someone would be so foolish as to target me.”
While saying this, I was mulling over the reason I had been targeted.
Monetary would be the most obvious reason. The next would be targeting me for my body. Assuming that they were aware that I was a “Kirijin,” they may be attempting to arrange some kind of negotiation with Kurokiri.
But in that case, the culprit was either a true hero or a fool.
“Well, either way, I can’t help but feel sympathy for the culprit…”
Yes. Whether or not the culprit has knowledge of my true identity is no longer relevant. Now that this has taken place, Kurokiri will definitely pay the culprits back with his full force.
“I wonder if Ichiko is the one who will come to my rescue… then this would be a convenient opportunity for me to ask her everything on my mind…”
As I leaned against the wall, I decided to formulate the questions I wanted to ask in my mind.
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(Ichiko POV)
“Is that the place…?”
A gigantic skyscraper stood in front of my eyes.
[There is no doubt about it. That is the branch of the Church of the Righteousness in our country. However, its placement is peculiar. For defense purposes, the two usual choices are the basement or the upper floors, but Ryo is on the middle floor. That means the bottom-level scum did it on their own this time.]
“That already doesn’t matter. Isn’t that right? Kurokiri. Izumi.”
[Well, yeah.]
“(Genocide.)”
“Let’s go…”
I headed towards the entrance of the building. A man then approached me.
“You there. Are you a member of the church?”
Before the man can finish his sentence, my hand had decapitated him. There were shrieks and pandemonium all around them.
Ah, what a pain in the a*s. It’s so vexing. I will send each and every one of you to the afterlife!
[Ah, Ichiko… Are you paying attention to what I’m saying? It can’t be helped, Izumi. At the very least, let the perpetrator be caught alive… ah, not even you too! Oh well, there’s no other choice then. I’ll send the Disarray Devil’s Darning Needle out. It should be able to battle outside the dungeon.]
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(Ryo POV)
The environment was becoming increasingly raucous… Well, I can guess the reason though.
And then someone was approaching.
“Damn it! What the hell are those two monsters!”
“There’s no way we’re a match for those two!”
“Let’s get the women and get the hell out of here!”
Something thumping and what sounded like a woman’s scream emanated from the adjacent rooms. Apparently, it turned out that they dredged[i] me here for my body. And I can also hear them attempting to unlock my room.
Though in all likelihood…
“Heeee! You guys are!”
“You’re the ones responsible for this? Izumi. Don’t kill these guys, we’ll capture them.”
“R-Run away… gaaaaaah!”
Regardless of how they struggled, only despair was left for the culprits.
And then, when the screaming had ceased, from the door in front of me… light began to pour out.
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(Ichiko POV)
Everything I encountered was garbage to the point of absurdity.
The entryway and a few floors around the entrance were the only areas that were pristine. After that, if anyone was to glance around, they would be struck by the sight of large amounts of money and goods that must have been amassed as offerings to the young female believers who were in miserable conditions. Moreover, all of them seemed to be rogues whose only merit was their brute strength and skill. The rest of them were just followers who seemed to have lost their minds.
As expected, even Kurokiri issued the following order in response to this spectacle.
[Ichiko, Izumi, I have sent out the Disarray Devil’s Darning Needle and a large amount of Fog and Smoke as support. So don’t let any of them slip away. There is no benefit in letting them live. Neither for us nor for the humans.]
True to his words, the branch manager, who had been straining to evacuate from the rooftop promptly, served as bait for Disarray Devil’s Darning Needle, while Izumi and I made sure to finish off the scum from the floor below and above, protecting those who had been victimized. The Fogs would conduct a thorough check of each floor, so there would be no way to miss them. Even if they exerted all of their abilities, it was in vain. Between me and them, there was a clear distinction in status.
I then reached the floor where Lady Ryo was supposed to be with Izumi. Ahead of me were the men who were trying to escape from the room with the woman they had dragged out. They too caught sight of my gaze and stared back.
“Heeee! You guys are!”
Ah, there’s no mistaking it. Their features are exactly as the man who was in charge of watching Lady Ryo testified. If I were to speak my mind, I would like to send them to the netherworld right now, but I have a promise to keep to Kurokiri. This place is…
“You’re the ones responsible for this? Izumi. Don’t kill these guys, we’ll capture them.”
“R-Run away…”
Snap!
“…gaaaaaah!”
The only way to avoid them dying was to inflict sufficient anguish on them.
I subsequently freed all of the rooms except the one where Lady Ryo was imprisoned, rescuing all of the other females who had been dredged up and tying up all of the guys. After that, I made my way to the front of Lady Ryo’s solitary confinement room.
“(Should I be the one who goes?)”
“No, I’ll go.”
I wonder what Lady Ryo will think after viewing me coated in scum’s blood. But whether she despises me or likes me, it will be of no importance. After all, this is something I did because I wanted to do it.
And then I opened the door of… Lady Ryo’s room.
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T/N:
[i] The ‘dredged’ word in this chapter is something like a metaphor, like saying the women are brought here to be brainwashed
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Check out other Outer World Story series in order: Outer World Story: The Black Mist that Devours (First series), Outer World Story: Pumpkin Sorcerer (Third series), Outer World Story: Basilisk of Ice Sculpture (Fourth series)